Recent content by Twheat40

This model did not have it. I know my buddy's no-slip for his tacoma had the go/no-go guage. I have gotten used to the clicking, but I did get a tire chirp yesterday running to Lowe's. It was a round-about and I hit it a little slower than i thought and had to give it gas to get out of it.

Yeah Its gonna be interesting to see how the skid control system functions with the locker. That sounds nice. I wish mine was that easy, but it was still only 3 or 4 hours, and a lot of that was reading and taking breaks. If I did it again and didn't stop and read to double check myself, it...

My friend who helped me has the no-slip in his taco. Thats actually what stared this whole thing. His is super quiet compared to my Lockright, until he gets a loud bang sometimes (his taco is a manual) I looked everywhere to try and find one but they simply just don't exist for the 4R...

Right. I think ECGS meant more the internals are the same. My buddy who helped me with this was also surprised by the shims. When I talked to ECGS they listed a list of lunch-box lockers that would fit. Unfortunately I didn't write any of them down, but of them, I remember the powertrax...

Hello everyone. So I don't post a lot on t4r, since I basically wheel with just tacomaworld guys, but I figured this would be a good place to do a write-up on the Powertrax 1620-LR mechanical locker in a 5th gen, since I personally have not seen one yet. For those of you who do not know what a...

And to finally catch everything up, this past weekend we installed a Powertrax LockRight mechanical locker (1620-LR) in the rear diff. This has been in the makings for a month or so now, but it took me a lot of research and a few calls to both Powertrax and ECGS to see if it would actually...

I received a Mobtown fuel can holder and fuel can from a friend who was getting rid of the swingout on his taco, and so instead of bolting it up sticking straight out, I welded it on sideways to reduce the chances of me hitting it if I drop off of a ledge or big rock.

Next, I decided to long travel my rear suspension. I chose to go with the Dobinson's Long travel kit (12" shocks, variable rate coils, adjustable uppers/lowers) and +4 extended brake lines. I also made my own bump-stop extensions. This netted me almost 6" of droop from the OME...

A couple months back, Mobtown Offroad used my 4R to prototype a rear bumper for the 5th gen. They decided to go a different route from the typical rear bumpers and build more of a low-profile rear bumper with dual swingouts. The upside to this is it is lighter and it conforms to the body lines...

Lol it is. Or was. At one point.

Too many more mods and I'll have to quit posting in the nautical blue thread and move over to the black 4runner thread...

From Rausch Creek last weekend.

Last week, we hit some blues and purples at Rausch and I got to put the tube doors to use. They performed wonderfully and I could not be happier. Even got a few sideways looks throughout the day lol

Next up was adding some limb risers to combat our tight trails around here. Then I decided I want some tube doors. Why? Well, because I needed a project to practice welding and this was something I've wanted for a while. That's why.

So I kinda let this thread go due to being busy in my day to day life with a new house and getting married and all that, but that didn't stop me from doing stuff to the truck and finding time to pick up welding. First mod was to add some ditch lights and a light bar. Both from Amazon and work...